Grants made in 2007
Social Change: Enterprise and Independence
Grants approved over £20,000
Active Change Foundation - £50,000
Towards the salary of the co-ordinator and costs over two years to improve the quality of life for young Muslim men and women and the wider community, reduce intergenerational gaps and exclusion, and support people into education and work. Advice Services Alliance - £41,670
Towards the costs over 16 months of researching, designing, consulting upon and evaluating a toolkit that will improve the standard of legal information to the public. Amicus Vision - £60,000
Towards the salary of a project manager over three years to alleviate social and financial exclusion by providing 1,000 low-income households with access to affordable furniture and white goods each year and work to increase financial sustainability. Barton Community Association - £71,850
Towards the salary of the café manager over three years to develop a community cafe as a self-sustaining social enterprise which will provide a hub for social cohesion, local training and employment opportunities. Beulah Scotland - £77,273
Towards van driver and retail assistant salaries over three years at an East End furniture project, delivering 400 tonnes of furniture from landfill and provide 60 employment training and volunteer placements. Bolton Business Ventures Ltd - £53,000
Towards loan/outreach officer salary costs over two years to support people from disadvantaged communities and groups to start new businesses by providing finance where they are unable to borrow capital from other sources. Bolton STEPS - £48,000
Towards the catering development manager salary over two years, to train and offer work placements for 100 people, to return 16 people back into employment and 20 into further education all of whom have mental health problems. Brent Homeless User Group - £53,259
Towards the salary and costs of a project manager over two years to build 'Community Insight' into a self sustaining enterprise providing meaningful opportunities for homeless people. Bridges Project - £62,720
Towards the shortfall of Way2Work Scheme costs over three years to develop the employability skills of disadvantaged young people in East Lothian and Midlothian using work practice placements with employers. Children and Young People's Empowerment Project - £33,248
Towards the costs over two years of developing a consultancy, including the salary of the funding development manager, to increase the number of children and young people trained in participation, engaged with decision makers and involved in communities of multiple deprivation. Citizens Advice Bureau Oxford - £36,500
Towards the salary of an advice session supervisor and prisoner training costs and to continue support for the prison partnership which provides training for prisoner volunteers to provide advice to the public. Community Retailing Network Ltd - £74,217
Towards the costs over two years of providing support to existing and new community-owned retailing outlets in Scotland. Compass (Peterborough) Ltd - £151,076
Towards the salaries over two years of the operations director and accounts assistant together with the fees for an independent financial controller to improve financial reporting, strengthen the management team and improve financial control, in order to consolidate the organisation and increase profitability to fund future expansion. Craghead Development Trust - £90,000
Towards core costs over three years especially the manager's salary to accelerate the growth of this rural development trust. Derby Loans (IPS) Ltd - £70,000
Towards core costs over three years to make affordable credit available to financially excluded personal customers in deprived areas of Derby. Development Trusts Association - £60,600
Towards the costs over three years for peer learning and mentoring related to the rural community enterprise challenge programme to improve the capacity and performance of development trusts serving rural or semi-rural areas. Dinamic Ceramics Northumbria Ltd - £56,400
Towards the salary and costs over two years of the deputy manager post to provide employment and training for people with physical disabilities, learning difficulties and mental health issues within a manufacturing creative industry operating as a social enterprise. Ethnic Minority Training Project - £75,000
Towards the salary of the employment support officer over three years to work with 60 unemployed ex-offenders each year from the Luton area, supporting them out of crime and into employment. Fablevision - £30,000
Towards the costs over two years of the Vibrant Sustainable Communities project which uses the arts to support disadvantaged young people to create a social enterprise and to access work and training. FACET - £71,500
Towards the salary and costs over three years, of a new business development manager to accelerate the growth of this rural development trust to initiate and sustain a successful community enterprise. Family Rights Group - £64,925
Towards the salary of the policy officer and evaluation and running costs of a pilot self-sustaining accreditation scheme for Family Group Conference, over 18 months. Feat Enterprises - £94,850
Towards the chief operations manager salary over three years to improve the efficiency of Feat Enterprises and provide support to the supervisory staff. Furniture Re-use Network - £50,000
Towards the salary over eighteen months of a development worker and a contribution towards core costs to accredit furniture recycling organisations so that they can benefit from contracts with large national retailers. Get Hooked on Fishing Charitable Trust - £80,000
Towards the salary over two years of the director to build the capacity of a network that uses angling as a way of engaging disadvantaged and at risk young people and improving their self-esteem and confidence. Growing Well - £45,994
Towards the salary of the manager over three years to improve the business and social performance of the horticulture social enterprise by 50% between 2007-2010. Hastings and Rother Citizens Advice Bureau - £25,000
Towards the salary of a budgeting and consumer adviser to provide money management and budgeting advice to customers of the Hastings and Rother Community Banking Partnership. Headingley Development Trust Ltd - £69,000
Towards the salary and costs of the development worker and a contribution to overheads over three years to progress the development of a community owned development trust. LEAP - £99,200
Towards the salary of the operations director over two years, increasing employability among people from minority ethnic groups, by providing basic skills and job preparation training. Leicestershire Cares - £92,377
Towards the costs over three years of the supported work experience project for young care leavers. London Action Trust - £47,656
Towards training and development co-ordinator salary costs over 18 months to build the capacity of statutory and voluntary services to provide effective, appropriate domestic violence services by raising skills and standards within voluntary and statutory organisations & increase the level of income generated from consultancy/training. London Youth Support Trust - £92,000
Towards the centre manager salary costs over three years to help set up a Business Incubation Centre for disadvantaged young people in the London Borough of Haringey. Lyme Regis Development Trust Ltd - £98,000
Towards chief executive salary costs over three years which will give the trust the capacity it needs to work to increase the level of self-generated income, create a strategy for sustainability and consolidate existing operations. Lynemouth Community Trust - £90,000
Towards the costs over three years of the Northumberland Chocolate Company to enable it to grow into a successful community enterprise. MIND - Head Office - £95,250
Towards a retail training and employment programme over two years to train 100 mental health service users in a nationally recognised retail qualification to enable them to gain paid employment. Money Advice Trust - £66,000
Towards consultancy, design and evaluation fees over 14 months for a new website to promote better understanding of issues relating to debt, credit and financial capability. Moneyline Yorkshire - £70,707
Towards the salaries of the chief executive and the loans officer and a contribution towards the loan capital over fifteen months to provide loans to those on low income in Sheffield as part of a wider strategy to tackle financial exclusion. Newhaven Community Development Association - £48,710
Towards a community development worker salary over three years to help parents and children to improve social and emotional development, health and learning, while increasing the organisation's level of self-generated income. North Pennines Heritage Trust - £90,000
Towards development officer and business manager salaries over three years to accelerate the growth of this rural development trust to initiate or sustain a successful community enterprise. Olmec - £96,355
Towards the salary over three years of a co-ordinator and the fees for an evaluation of a project that will improve the employability of 660 individuals experiencing disadvantage in the labour market by developing direct opportunities with employers, training providers and support agencies. Portobello Business Centre - £96,000
Towards the salary and costs over two years of the outreach champion and towards the core costs of a programme to empower economically disadvantaged participants to learn the skills necessary to set up in business or find employment. Preston Moneyline (IPS) Ltd - £60,000
Towards the business lending officer salary over three years to encourage business start ups and regeneration by the continued provision of business loans and advice focused on the poorest wards of the city. Refugee Resource - £65,146
Towards the salary and costs of a part-time employment advisor and running costs over two years to facilitate access to employment and training opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers with a focus on underemployed refugees and those with mental health problems. Refugees Into Jobs - £90,150
Towards the salary and costs over three years of an employment adviser to improve the training and employability skills of refugees in west London. Revolving Doors Agency - £180,000
Towards the salaries over three years of the head of partnerships and the project development manager to establish a national network of support agencies that enable people caught in the cycle of crisis, crime and mental illness to transform their lives. Rockingham Forest Trust - £90,182
Towards the salaries of the CEO and the new business development officer over three years to accelerate the growth of this rural development trust. Royal Mencap Society - £60,990
Towards the costs of providing the support to parents with a learning disability during pregnancy and throughout their parenting role, particularly to those involved in child protection proceedings. Sheerness United Reform Church - £40,000
Towards the salary of a café and catering manager over two years to provide training, skills development and work experience leading to recognised qualifications for 24 adults with learning difficulties each year. Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities - £54,500
Towards the additional costs involved in increasing the in-house consultancy team to undertake more fee-generating contract work and thereby improving the charity's financial sustainability. Speaking Up - £99,806
Towards the salary and costs over three years of the business manager to enable Speaking Up to disseminate good practice through publications, consultancy and training, which will also increase financial sustainability. Stars in the Sky Ltd - £64,839
Towards the salary and costs of a development worker over two years to take forward expansion plans associated with increased self sustainability. Start-Up Online - £131,550
Towards the salary and costs over three years of a client support manager along with office costs to help 380 ex-offenders become successfully self-employed by providing one-to-one support for clients from their time in prison until their businesses are successfully operating. STEP Development Trust - £80,813
Towards the general manager 's salary and costs over three years to accelerate the development of The Venue or multi purpose community and entertainment facility. The Ariel Trust - £38,656
Towards the salary and costs of the development officer to consolidate existing work and develop new services for young people at risk of social exclusion. The Cranfield Trust - £80,000
Towards the costs of expanding and developing HRNet over three years as an income generating resource and for HRNet to become self-funding and sustainable through paid subscriptions. The Enterprise Fund Ltd - £50,000
Towards a revenue shortfall to provide loan finance to start-up businesses, established businesses and social enterprises that are struggling to raise finance from banks or other mainstream lenders. The Lenton Centre - £80,000
Towards the core revenue costs of the centre during its developmental phase over two years to enable it to become a self sustaining social enterprise providing leisure and social care services. The School for Social Entrepreneurs - £75,000
Towards staffing costs over two years to run a pilot project providing business development capacity and support to the Fife and East Midlands Network Schools to enable them to replicate the successful London school strategy of selling bursary places to housing associations. Tidworth Development Trust - £90,000
Towards the salary and costs of the co-ordinator of a business enterprise park over three years; contributing to the development of small businesses and increasing the sustainability of the Trust. Trinity Community Partnership (Clitheroe) Ltd - £100,000
Towards the salary of the project development manager over three years to accelerate the growth of this rural development trust to initiate and sustain a successful community enterprise. UNLOCK - £73,345
Towards the salary of the deputy director over three years to support work to overcome financial exclusion facing prisoners, former offenders and their families. Urachadh Uibhist - £45,000
Towards the business manager salary costs over three years to create a robust social enterprise in the Western Isles. Voice - £70,000
Towards the salaries of the learning and development manager and administrator, accreditation costs and marketing materials over three years, to build capacity to enable Voice to provide self sustaining, specialist advocacy training to a greater number of people. Wessex Reinvestment Society - £100,000
Towards the salary and costs of the executive director and a contribution towards core costs over three years to provide support to social and micro enterprises through credit and business advice. Worldwide Volunteering for Young People - £99,500
Towards the recruitment costs, and salary of a sponsorship manager over two years to stimulate sponsorship based interest among commercial organisations in volunteering with young people. YouthNet UK - £50,000
Towards the cost over three years of expanding and diversifying TheSite.org's financial information to improve the financial capability and independence of young people aged 16-24 years in the UK, with a specific focus on those who are socio-economically disadvantaged. Grants approved up to £20,000
Acorn Christian Ministries - £10,000
Action for Market Towns - £19,500
Bikeworks - £20,000
British Association of Settlements & Social Action Centres - £10,000
Business Community Connections - £16,818
Caberfeidh Horizons - £5,000
Candies Cuisine - £20,000
Changeworks - £20,000
Charity Bank - £20,000
Child Poverty Action Group - £4,950
Chopsticks (North Yorkshire) - £19,538
City of Sanctuary - £19,630
C-MEE - £20,000
Community Finance Solutions - £20,000
Council for Voluntary Services North Ayrshire - £10,000
Crumbs Project - £15,856
DAGE - £15,000
Derbyshire Coalition for Inclusive Living - £19,930
EARTH - £10,000
East Camp Trust - £18,700
EBDC - £3,000
EBDC - £1,500
Ford Park Community Group - £20,000
Global Generation - £4,996
Harrow Association of Disabled People - £19,800
Holsworthy Community Property Trust - £20,000
Homeless Link - £20,000
Independent Asylum Commission - £20,000
IP1 - £19,736
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - £2,500
Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre - £20,000
Lambeth Mediation Service - £600
LEAVES - £19,000
Living Solutions (Scotland) - £16,000
Lodge Lane and District (Liverpool) Credit Union Ltd - £20,000
Moving On Employment Project - £14,000
NACUW - £20,000
New Beginnings (Nottingham) - £16,000
Newtownards Road Women's Group Ltd - £6,370
Nottingham West Outreach - £14,938
Old Goole Industrial & Provident Society - £15,000
Opening - £20,000
Orchardville Society - £10,000
Parents for Children - £20,000
People Matters - £20,000
Restorative Justice Consortium - £19,170
Sign - £20,000
South Shropshire Furniture Scheme - £12,000
Spinal Injuries Association - £10,000
Sturminster Newton Community Building Trust - £18,000
The Ascension Community Trust - £15,000
The Big Picture Co-operative - £15,000
The Bridge Church - £5,000
The Migrant & Refugee Communities Forum - £19,700
The Mustard Seed - £19,800
The Rutland Pink Glove Service - £3,750
Trust for the Study of Adolescence - £20,000
Village Companies Care Co-operative Ltd - £15,000
Voluntary Sector Consortium - £10,000
Woodthorpe Development Trust - £18,000
YETC - £18,490
Total value of grants: £5,665,086
Number of grants: 126
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